Her Knight

Knight

And they live happily ever after...---

" Oh come on, give me a break! " Jade said after reading the written summary of a fairytale novel her mom gave her when she was 6 years old.

She threw her notebook on the couch, clearly pissed. She have this assignment in one of her subject, requiring them to pass a summary of a novel. And its deadline is tomorrow morning. Right now, it's quarter to twelve midnight. But still, she's in her room all alone and wide awake.

All alone.

Yes, she's all alone. Eversince her parents died in a plane crash, her life fell apart. She really do believe in fairytales when she was young. But she'd stop believing when her parents died. Then her only uncle on her father's side revealed the truth.

Sabi nito, si Jade daw anak sa labas. Resulta raw sya ng pagtataksil ng kanyang ina pero kahit ganoon, parang anak pa rin ang turing sa kanya ng kinilalang ama. Nang namatay ang mga magulang nya, napunta lahat ng ari-arian nila sa kanyang tiyuhin. Walang natira kay Jade dahil isa lang daw syang bastardang kahiya-hiya.

Kahiya-hiya.

Kaya pala noon pa sya kinahihiya ng mga kamag-anak nya maliban sa mga magulang nya. Akala nya dahil iyon sa pagkilos at pananamit nya. She prefers dark clothes and sweaters, instead of being jolly and talkative her family is famous of, she's gloomy and silent. She wears eyeglasses that's why hen she's in school, her classmates called her names like Nerdy, Four-Eyes, etc.

Kaya nga sa tuwing papasok sya, umiiwas sya sa mga tao. Hindi sya nakikipagkaibigan kasi natatakot syang ikahiya rin sya ng mga kaibigan nya katulad ng pagkakahiya sa kanya ng pamilya nya.

Hanggang sa nakilala nya si Lance, err...not really. Kilala na naman nya si Lance since sikat sya sa school for being a casanova. She had a huge crush on him. Take note, HAD.

Then one day, nabangga nya si Lance and that caused her books to fell down the ground. Akala nya, lalandiin sya nito katulad ng madalas nitong ginagawa sa mga babae sa school o kaya naman mumurahin sya kasi hindi sya tumitingin sa dinadaanan nya. Siya pa naman ang paboritong ibully ng mga schoolmate nya because she's weird.

But he didn't. Instead, he helped her in picking up her books. Ibinigay nito ang mga libro ni Jade tapos ngumiti lang saka umalis. Himala at hindi sya nilandi ni Lance o kaya sinungitan katulad ng iba. Hanggang sa naging classmates sila sa isang subject. Sa una, lagi silang magka-away, nang-aasar kasi si Lance tapos madalas mainis si Jade kahit na madalas, kinikilig sya.

Hanggang sa unti-unting nawala ang pagkacasanova ni Lance. Hindi na sya nakikipaglandian sa mga babae sa school, to sum it up, he changed. Then one night, he confessed his feelings for her. And yes, naging sila. Dahil rin dito, nagkaroon ng maraming kaibigan si Jade. Everything felt so right, nabago nya si Lance and she made a lot of friends, until that day.

The day when her parents died, everything fell apart. Pagkatapos na pagkatapos ng libing ng mga magulang nya, sinabi na nila sa kanya ang totoo. They hated her. Walang ibang kamag-anak ang ina nya dahil isa lang itong ulila, kaya wala na syang ibang mapupuntahan. In the end, ginawa syang katulong ng dati nyang itinuturing na pamilya.

Mabuti na lang at scholar sya kaya hindi na nya problema ang pangtuition. Maswerte pa nga sya dahil, kahit maliit, may sarili syang kwarto.

Kumalat naman ang balita tungkol sa kanya, tungkol sa pagiging maid nya at bastarda. Everyone in her school mocked her, even her so-called friends. At ang pinakamalala, Lance and Jade broke up. Nakipagbreak si Lance kay Jade sa harap ng mga estudyante sa school nila at ang iba ay kinuhaan pa sila ng video.